Leptanillinae

Taxobox


image_caption = "Leptanilla swani" female and worker
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
familia = Formicidae
subfamilia = Leptanillinae
subfamilia_authority =
diversity_link = Leptanillinae
diversity = c. 50 species
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subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Anomalomyrma"
"Leptanilla"
"Phaulomyrma"
"Protanilla"
"Yavnella"

Leptanillinae is a subfamily of ants. They are further divided into the tribes Anomalomyrmini and Leptanillini.

In all Leptanillini the larva feed their hemolymph to the queen through specialized processes on their prothorax and third abdominal segmentTree of Life: Leptanillini] . This behavior resembles that of the unrelated "Adetomyrma", also called Dracula ants, which actually pierce their larvae to get at the body fluids.

At least "Leptanilla" and "Phaulomyrma" are minute, yellow, blind ants living below the surface.

ystematics

* Anomalomyrmini

:* "Anomalomyrma" Taylor, 1990::* "Anomalomyrma taylori" Bolton, 1990

:* "Protanilla" Taylor, 1990::* "Protanilla bicolor"::* "Protanilla concolor"::* "Protanilla furcomandibula"::* "Protanilla rafflesi" Taylor, 1990

* Leptanillini

:* "Leptanilla" Emery, 1870::* "Leptanilla africana" Baroni Urbani, 1977::* "Leptanilla swani" Wheeler, 1932::* "Leptanilla kubotai" Baroni Urbani, 1977::* "Leptanilla palauensis" (Smith, 1953)::* "Leptanilla santschii" Wheeler & Wheeler, 1930::* "Leptanilla vaucheri" Emery, 1899::* "Leptanilla theryi" Forel, 1903::* "Leptanilla tenuis" Santschi, 1907::* > 30 more species

:* "Phaulomyrma" G.C. Wheeler & E.W. Wheeler, 1930::* "Phaulomyrma javana" Wheeler & Wheeler, 1930 — Java

:* "Yavnella" Kugler, 1987::* "Yavnella argamani" Kugler, 1987::* "Yavnella indica" Kugler, 1987

Footnotes

References

* ITIS: [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=573825 Leptanillinae]
* Tree of Life Web Project. 2004. [http://tolweb.org/Leptanillini/22621/2004.10.21 Leptanillini] . Version 21 October 2004 (temporary). in [http://tolweb.org/ The Tree of Life Web Project]